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• Germany May Fall Short On 1 Million EV Goal

  Published 11 November 2017 | viewed 8,402 times

  The electrification of transport is one of the key tasks of Germany’s economic policy. It aims to protect the global position of the German industry…

• Peak Oil: Are We In The Eye Of The Storm?

  Published 24 September 2014 | viewed 22,255 times

  Ten years ago peak oil was assumed to be a rather straightforward, transparent process. What was then thought of as “oil” production was going to…

• Why Peak Oil Refuses To Die

  Published 06 September 2014 | viewed 15,554 times

  Perhaps you’ve seen one of the recent barrage of articles claiming that fears of an imminent peak and decline in world oil production have either…

• When Will The Peak Oil Crisis Begin?

  Published 30 August 2014 | viewed 25,199 times

  For those following the world oil production situation, it has been clear for some time that the only factor keeping global crude output from moving…

• The Peak Oil Crisis: Iraq on the Precipice

  Published 02 July 2014 | viewed 10,103 times

  The daily newspapers are now full of stories predicting that Iraq, as we know it, will soon disintegrate into three or more warring states. In…

• IEA Says the Party’s Over

  Published 10 June 2014 | viewed 9,601 times

  The International Energy Agency has just released a new special report called “World Energy Investment Outlook” that should send policy makers screaming and running for…

• The Peak Oil Crisis: Revisiting Natural Gas

  Published 23 May 2014 | viewed 9,854 times

  A couple of months back I noted that the U.S. was burning through the stocks of natural gas we store in underground caverns at an…

• Why Following EIA Forecasts is Dangerous for the US

  Published 25 January 2014 | viewed 13,044 times

  Think back to early 2004. Oil cost around $40 per barrel—on the high side compared to the previous few decades but not much out of…

• Why California will Never Fulfill its Shale Potential

  Published 17 December 2013 | viewed 22,215 times

  There was an important study released by the Post Carbon Institute last week that gives us an insight into how long our great shale oil…

• If Peak Oil is Approaching why is Gasoline so Cheap?

  Published 15 November 2013 | viewed 12,787 times

  There are many zigs and zags, twists and turns, and unintended consequences along the path to higher priced and scarce oil. Only three months ago…

• When will the Shale Bubble Burst?

  Published 31 October 2013 | viewed 30,073 times

  Most of us are aware by now that the introduction of widespread hydraulic fracturing into the oil and gas business has resulted in a rapid…

• Developments in the Motor Industry Pushing Peak Oil Down the Road

  Published 29 October 2013 | viewed 9,154 times

  It is time to take a break from the gloom and doom in Washington and the Middle East and look for some better news about…

• Peak Oil Demand: Peak Oil Didn’t Go Away, it Just Changed its Name

  Published 25 September 2013 | viewed 17,592 times

  A new phrase has entered our energy lexicon—peak oil demand. The essential idea: prophets of doom who warned about a looming global petroleum shortfall (“peak…

• The Evolution of the Climate Debate: Business vs Business

  Published 06 September 2013 | viewed 9,290 times

  This is where it gets really interesting. Since I first engaged in the climate debate in the late 1980’s it’s all been fairly slow and…

• A Look at the US Shale Industry with David Hughes

  Published 12 August 2013 | viewed 14,692 times

  Q: Andrews--Production from shale oil plays has been impressive and has taken the national energy dialogue by storm. When did you sense that the shale…

• Future Energy Production Threatened by Water Shortages

  Published 24 July 2013 | viewed 11,917 times

  When we flip on a light, we rarely think about water.  But electricity generation is the biggest user of water in the United States.  Thermoelectric…

• China’s Oil Demand Set to Fall as Environment Finally comes before Economy

  Published 10 July 2013 | viewed 12,310 times

  This spring, I spent three weeks traveling around China and needless to say, I, along with every other visitor, was impressed by the economic progress…

• U.S. Shale Boom Not Enough to Remove the Threat of Peak Oil

  Published 25 May 2013 | viewed 15,308 times

  A new phrase, “supply shock,” entered the lexicon of the global oil business this week when the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported that unexpectedly rapid…

• US Energy Boom Threatened by Diminishing Returns from Shale Plays

  Published 04 May 2013 | viewed 12,201 times

  Today's shale gas boom has brought a surge of drilling across the US, driving natural gas prices to historic lows over the past couple of…

• Energy Conservation: The Only Way to Avoid Economic and Ecological Ruin

  Published 20 April 2013 | viewed 12,412 times

  Energy conservation is our best strategy for pre-adapting to an inevitably energy-constrained future. And it may be our only real option for averting economic, social,…